mysql_real_escape_string() leaving slashes in MySQL

Question

I just moved to a new hosting company and now whenever a string gets escaped using:

mysql_real_escape_string($str);

the slashes remain in the

Answer 1

What might be the problem (it was with us) that you use mysql_real_escape_string() multiple times on the same var. When you use it multiple times, it will add the slashes.